Junior Asra Shaikh's pen darts across her notebook page, jotting down information on metastatic breast cancer. Shaikh listens to Dr. Mary DeShields, the medical director of oncology at the University of...

“We regret to inform you that we are unable to offer you a place in our first year class,” said every college ever. Most high school seniors are faced with this gut-wrenching message at least once...

Instead of staying out late with friends or working on homework like a typical high school student, junior Henry Cheetham sits in his room, glued to his computer. He spends all night making phone calls...

Twelve reusable venti Starbucks cups line junior Katie Sklaire’s desk, right next to a brightly colored spreadsheet. A growing list of orders and addresses crowd her notes — an early sign that it’s...

On Thursday morning, senior Joseph Kaplan rolled out of bed, got dressed and began his daily routine. It had been over a year since Kaplan had last stepped foot inside the Whitman building, and he wanted...

This year, high stakes surround the Student Member of the Board of Education election; pressing issues such as reopening schools, reallocating MCPS’ budget and searching for a new superintendent are...

When senior Tatiana Johnson reflected on her time at Whitman before the building closed last March, she said felt classmates sometimes labeled her “loud and Black” during conversations. In her classes,...

The date is Thursday, March 12. You just heard a loudspeaker announcement that school will be canceled for two weeks. Your friends are excitedly planning brunches and sleepovers, and filling the calendar...

Every February, Whitman’s Student Government Association hosts Vike-A-Thon: a charity dance that raises money for Children’s National Hospital. During the event, Whitman students dress in colorful...

A dash of seasoning. The vibration of the guitar string. One final stitch. Though quarantine may have plagued Whitman students for months, the newly-found free time has also allowed creativity to blossom...

On the corner of Elm Street and Woodmont Avenue rests an unassuming lot, which, for years now, has perpetuated a harsh culinary cycle: churning through artisanal restaurants, all of whom have searched...

In middle school, I scribbled The Ballad of Mulan — the ancient Chinese folklore — again and again in my notebook until I memorized the poetry by heart. I lived in Beijing at the time, and every morning,...